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Buckets: insert

Requires authorization

Creates a new bucket. Try it now or see an example .

Google Cloud Storage uses a flat namespace, so you can't create a bucket with a name that is already in use. For more information, see Bucket Naming Guidelines .

The authenticated user must be a member of the project's team as an editor or owner.

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Required query parameters
project string A valid API project identifier.
Optional query parameters
predefinedAcl string Apply a predefined set of access controls to this bucket.

Acceptable values are:
  • " authenticatedRead ": Project team owners get OWNER access, and allAuthenticatedUsers get READER access.
  • " private ": Project team owners get OWNER access.
  • " projectPrivate ": Project team members get access according to their roles.
  • " publicRead ": Project team owners get OWNER access, and allUsers get READER access.
  • " publicReadWrite ": Project team owners get OWNER access, and allUsers get WRITER access.
projection string Set of properties to return. Defaults to noAcl , unless the bucket resource specifies acl or defaultObjectAcl properties, when it defaults to full .

Acceptable values are:
  • " full ": Include all properties.
  • " noAcl ": Omit acl and defaultObjectAcl properties.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes ( read more about authentication and authorization ).

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_write

Request body

In the request body, supply a bucket resource with the following properties:

Property name Value Description Notes
Required Properties
name string The name of the bucket.
Optional Properties
acl[] list Access controls on the bucket. writable
cors[] list The bucket's Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration. writable
cors[]. maxAgeSeconds integer The value, in seconds, to return in the Access-Control-Max-Age header used in preflight responses. writable
cors[]. method[] list The list of HTTP methods on which to include CORS response headers, ( GET , OPTIONS , POST , etc) Note: "*" is permitted in the list of methods, and means "any method". writable
cors[]. origin[] list The list of Origins eligible to receive CORS response headers. Note: "*" is permitted in the list of origins, and means "any Origin". writable
cors[]. responseHeader[] list The list of HTTP headers other than the simple response headers to give permission for the user-agent to share across domains. writable
defaultObjectAcl[] list Default access controls to apply to new objects when no ACL is provided. writable
lifecycle object The bucket's lifecycle configuration. See lifecycle management for more information. writable
location string The location of the bucket. Object data for objects in the bucket resides in physical storage within this region. Defaults to US . See the developer's guide for the authoritative list. writable
logging object The bucket's logging configuration, which defines the destination bucket and optional name prefix for the current bucket's logs. writable
logging. logBucket string The destination bucket where the current bucket's logs should be placed. writable
logging. logObjectPrefix string A prefix for log object names. writable
storageClass string The bucket's storage class. This defines how objects in the bucket are stored and determines the SLA and the cost of storage. Typical values are STANDARD and DURABLE_REDUCED_AVAILABILITY . Defaults to STANDARD . See the developer's guide for the authoritative list. writable
versioning object The bucket's versioning configuration. writable
versioning. enabled boolean While set to true, versioning is fully enabled for this bucket. writable
website object The bucket's website configuration. writable
website. mainPageSuffix string Behaves as the bucket's directory index where missing objects are treated as potential directories. writable
website. notFoundPage string The custom object to return when a requested resource is not found. writable

Response

If successful, this method returns a bucket resource in the response body.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

Java

Uses the Java client library .

Bucket newBucket = storage.buckets().insert("myproject", new Bucket()
     .setName("mybucket").setLocation("US").setStorageClass("DRA")).execute();

Python

Uses the Python client library .

req = client.buckets().insert(
        project=project_id,
        body={'name': bucket_name})
resp = req.execute()
print json.dumps(resp, indent=2)

Ruby

Uses the Ruby client library .

# Create a bucket in the project
bucket_insert_result = client.execute(
  api_method: storage.buckets.insert,
  parameters: {project: PROJECTID},
  body_object: {name: BUCKET}
)
contents = bucket_insert_result.data

puts "Created bucket #{contents.name} at #{contents.selfLink}"


Go

Uses the Go client library .

// Create a bucket.
result, err := service.Buckets.Insert("PROJECT_ID", &storage.Bucket{Name: "BUCKET_NAME"}).Do()
fmt.Printf("\nCreated bucket %v at location %v",
	result.Name, result.SelfLink)

Try it!

Use the APIs Explorer below to call this method on live data and see the response. Alternatively, try the standalone Explorer .

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